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Tchaikovsky's Symphony 'Pathétique'

The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra's guest principal conductor Delyana Lazarova directs the ensemble in Tchaikovsky and Debussy. Plus a world premiere from New Ross.

Linton Stephens presents an afternoon of recordings you won't hear anywhere else. Finghin Collins plays the world premiere performance of Gerry Murphy's piece The Essential Isness of Being from the New Ross Piano Festival in County Wexford, Ireland. Nicholas McCarthy performs Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under French conductor Clelia Cafiero.

Claude Debussy
Prélude à l'Après-midi d'un faune
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Delyana Lazarova (conductor)

Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita no 2 in C minor
Finghin Collins (piano)
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Rx 26/09/2026
St. Mary’s Church of Ireland, New Ross
New Ross Piano Festival

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No.6
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Delyana Lazarova (conductor)

Gerry Murphy
“The Essential Isness of Being” – world premiere
Finghin Collins (piano)

Maurice Ravel
Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Nicholas McCarthy (Piano)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Clelia Cafiero (conductor)

3 hours

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Fri 30 Oct 202613:00
BBC Radio 3

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